On a Cushion of Air
Subtitle: The Story of Hoverlloyd and the cross-Channel Hovercraft
Publisher: Robin Paine and Roger Syms in conjunction with Writersworld
Published: May 2012
Place of publication: UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 720
Table of contents: title: 14
label: Introduction; title: 16
label: Prologue; title: 19
label: Introducing the SR.N4 Mk.1; title: N1 to N4
label: PART ONE; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 39
title: The Inventor and his Invention; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 51
title: Saunders-Roe – Boats, Planes, Rockets and Hovercraft; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 76
title: SR.N1 – The First Manned Model; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 95
title: The First Crossing of the English Channel; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 113
title: The Dawn of an Industry; label: Chapter 6
pagenum: 151
title: Vickers-Armstrongs Enters the Market; label: Chapter 7
pagenum: 167
title: The Early Hovercraft Operators; label: Chapter 8
pagenum: 200
title: 1965 – The Birth of Seaspeed; label: Chapter 9
pagenum: 236
title: The SR.N4 Takes Shape; title: Cross-Channel Adventures
label: PART TWO; label: Chapter 10
pagenum: 253
title: Cross-Channel Adventures; label: Chapter 11
pagenum: 279
title: The Battle for Pegwell; label: Chapter 12
pagenum: 295
title: The SR.N4 Prototype Trials; label: Chapter 13
pagenum: 307
title: 1968 – 001 at Dover; title: Hoverlloyd’s Hovernauts
label: PART THREE; label: Chapter 14
pagenum: 329
title: Cadet to Hovercraft Pilot; label: Chapter 15
pagenum: 350
title: Driving the SR.N4; label: Chapter 16
pagenum: 379
title: Avoiding Collision; label: Chapter 17
pagenum: 397
title: Looking after People; label: Chapter 18
pagenum: 426
title: Keeping Things Moving; label: Chapter 19
pagenum: 445
title: Making a Profit; title: The Hoverlloyd Years
label: PART FOUR; label: Chapter 20
pagenum: 477
title: Ramsgate to Calais; label: Chapter 21
pagenum: 504
title: SR.N4 Hoverlloyd – The First Years; label: Chapter 22
pagenum: 531
title: Developments 1972 – 1977; label: Chapter 23
pagenum: 561
title: The Peak Years 1977 – 1979; title: The Final Years
label: PART FIVE; label: Chapter 24
pagenum: 593
title: Bigger and Better?; label: Chapter 25
pagenum: 614
title: 1980 –The Beginning of the End; label: Chapter 26
pagenum: 659
title: The End 645 Hoverlloyd – a Eulogy; title: APPENDICES; label: Appendix 1
pagenum: 667
title: Extracts from Bob Strath’s Log Book; label: Appendix 2
pagenum: 673
title: Hovercraft Licensing; label: Appendix 3
pagenum: 680
title: Measuring Speed; title: 684
label: Bibliography; title: 685
label: Glossary of Terms; title: 690
label: Index